Jukka Hytönen
MD, PhD
jukhyt@utu.fi +358 29 450 4544 +358 50 509 5430 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku |
Lyme borreliosis; Lyme disease
High school graduation 1987, Licentiate of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland 1996, Doctor of Medical Sciences (MD, PhD), University of
Turku 2003, Specialist in Clinical Microbiology 2007, Docent in Medical Microbiology, University of Turku 2011, Special Competence in Medical Education 2015.
Various research and teaching positions, University of Turku 1996–2012
Academy Research Fellow, University of Turku 2012-2017
Associate professor of bacteriology (tenure track), University of Turku 1.9.2017-31.8.2022
My project focuses on Lyme borreliosis (LB) and other tick borne
infections and addresses the following questions: Pathogenesis of LB and the
role of borrelia adhesins in the process. Molecular and cellular events in the
pathogenesis of Lyme neuroborreliosis. Development of novel diagnostic tools
for LB. Development of PET/CT imaging of LB. Antibiotic treatment of LB. Prevalence
of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Finland. Epidemiology of LB and other
borrelioses in Finland.
Bacteriology; Infectious diseases laboratory diagnostics; Lyme borreliosis; Vector-borne infections; Tick-borne infections
- Lyme borreliosis in Finland: a register-based linkage study (2020)
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Riketsiat, anaplasmat ja ehrlichiat (2020) Mikrobiologia - Mikrobiologia, immunologia ja infektiosairaudet, kirja 1 OIli Vapalahti, Jukka Hytönen
- 'Seroprevalence of Lyme borreliosis in Finland 50 years ago' - Author's reply (2020)
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection
- Seroprevalence of Lyme borreliosis in Finland 50 years ago (2020)
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection
- Structural and Biomolecular Analyses of Borrelia burgdorferi BmpD Reveal a Substrate-Binding Protein of an ABC-Type Nucleoside Transporter Family (2020)
- Infection and Immunity
- Treponeemat (2020) Mikrobiologia - Mikrobiologia, immunologia ja infektiosairaudet, kirja 1 Jarmo Oksi, Eija Hiltunen-Back, Jukka Hytönen
- Borrelia burgdorferi Infection in Biglycan Knockout Mice (2019)
- Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis and Elevated C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 13 Value Predict Lyme Borreliosis in Children With Facial Palsy (2019)
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- NMR metabolome of Borrelia burgdorferi in vitro and in vivo in mice (2019)
- Scientific Reports
- Predicting the ligand-binding properties of Borrelia burgdorferi ss Bmp proteins in light of the conserved features of related Borrelia proteins (2019)
- Journal of Theoretical Biology
- Borrelia afzelii alters reproductive success in a rodent host (2018)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Borrelios - fakta och fiktion? (2018)
- Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar
- EU-päätöslauselma hämmentää Lymen borrelioosin hoitoa (2018)
- Lääkärilehti
- In vivo imaging of Lyme arthritis in mice by [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (2018)
- Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
- Point-of-care testing for CXCL13 in Lyme neuroborreliosis (2018)
- Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Population-based Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato seroprevalence and associated risk factors in Finland (2018)
- Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
- Tick-borne pathogens in Finland; comparison of Ixodes ricinus and I-persulcatus in sympatric and parapatric areas (2018)
- Parasites and Vectors
- Aetiology of febrile pharyngitis in children: Potential of myxovirus resistance protein A (MxA) as a biomarker of viral infection (2017)
- Journal of Infection
- Cerebral vasculitis and intracranial multiple aneurysms in a child with Lyme neuroborreliosis (2017)
- JMM Case Reports
- Crowdsourcing-based nationwide tick collection reveals the distribution of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus and associated pathogens in Finland (2017)
- Emerging microbes & infections